Saturday, January 9, 2010

Virtual Insanity

Virtual schools have recently begun to gain ground, and we can see that more and more education officials are embracing the concept. Virtual learning enables the students to study via the Internet through lessons supervised by a certified teacher. The purpose is to alternate the traditional learning form of frontal lessons.
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Many students and teachers applaud the flexibility that online learning allows. Virtual schools are the light at the end of the tunnel for students, who have hardships enduring the pace of many of their classmates. The fact that every student studies individually with a teacher's online support makes the learning procedure far more enjoyable and productive for him.
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However, some decry the method's rising popularity. Opponents of the new form of learning say that virtual schools lack the fundamental social education brick-and-mortar schools provide. Moreover, students may encounter many technical difficulties, which will definitely disrupt the effectivity of the unique learning process.
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I, personally, consider the method of virtual schools as a highly distinctive form of learning for students living in the current age of developing technology. Nevertheless, I believe that virtual schools should not replace the beauty of the traditional method. To my mind, combining both methods will create a positive learning environment, where students have a golden opportunity to mingle education, convenience and fun.
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Very good, but you haven't ended it, for some reason.

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Daphna